From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Note discussing the difficulties of using glycerine and proposing tri-methylene-glycol as an alternative.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\3\ scan0027 | |
Date | 1st July 1920 guessed | |
Solutions of glycerine. There is a difficult in using glycerine due to its high viscosity & charring on long exposure, due to its decomposition properties, probably the formation of acrolein. Both these objections are overcome in tri-methylene-glycol. The latter also possesses the advantage of having no marketable value. Yours faithfully E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Lewis. F.I.C. | ||